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Lawmakers Consider Anti-Terrorism Package

By Josh Rogers on Thursday, February 7, 2002.

State lawmakers are now mulling an anti-terrorism package that would weaken the state’s right to know law, and establish severe penalties for terrorist acts, threats and hoaxes.

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New State Report on Drop-Outs

By Jon Greenberg on Thursday, February 7, 2002.

With a rate of about 5 and a half percent, the state is doing a bit better than the national average, but not as well as its neighbors in New England. Within the state, there is wide variation among school districts, ranging from 0 to 16%.
Education Commissioner Nicholas Donohue spoke with NHPR?s Jon Greenberg. Commissioner Donohue says the differences are largely due to the communities where schools are located.
http://www.ed.state.nh.us/ReportsandStatistics/Dropout.html
School Profiles http://www.measuredprogress.org/nhprofile/

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No Politics in Effort to Secure Heating Aid Money

By David Darman on Thursday, February 7, 2002.

Governor Jeanne Shaheen went to a Concord neighborhood today, to illustrate the state?s need for federal heating aid money. Her actions looked a bit like those of a candidate for U.S. Senate, but Shaheen and her opponents say there is little politics involved in keeping needy people warm. NHPR?s David Darman has more.

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